Counterpoise | Classical review

Kings Place, LondonThis unusual programme by an unconventional ensemble of violin, trumpet, saxophone and piano brought together film, music and speech and featured two world premieres. Ross Lorraine's Not More Lovely revived the genre of melodrama, or music accompanying speech, as occasionally practised by composers such as Mozart and Strauss. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Oval Portrait, the result was a harmless piece of laidback gothic, the music itself adding little more than di...

Read full article Share article